SymposiumArchives - Poor theatres: theatre, performance, poverty http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk Wed, 25 Nov 2015 13:52:53 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 Making Theatre in the Midst of Austerity http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/making-theatre-in-the-midst-of-austerity/ Wed, 25 Nov 2015 13:49:23 +0000 http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/?p=1054 Here’s a blog about the ‘Making Theatre in the Midst of Austerity‘ symposium by Jenny Hughes, originally written for Policy@Manchester and published here In his book, Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea, Mark Blyth summarises an economic policy of austerity as: “a morality play, one that has shifted the blame […]

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]]> The House (teaser trailer) http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/house-teaser-trailer/ Fri, 13 Mar 2015 13:46:22 +0000 http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/?p=524 Here is the teaser trailer from the initial development of  The House.

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]]> Making theatre in the midst of austerity – SYMPOSIUM http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/making-theatre-in-the-midst-of-austerity-symposium/ Mon, 02 Mar 2015 10:20:17 +0000 http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/?p=512 A symposium on theatre, poverty and inequality Wednesday 4th November 2015 Martin Harris Centre of Music and Drama, University of Manchester (UK) Including the premiere of The House, a solo performance by Carran Waterfield, Triangle Theatre Call for contributions Deepening economic inequality has been identified as one of the most […]

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